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# mix

«mix» in Mova's school dictionary: **to put different things together so they become one** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (mix, mixes, mixed, mixing); noun (a mix, mixes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To mix is to put different things together so they become one. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#m1)

2) A mix is what you get when you do it, or a bought packet ready to use: cake mix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#m2)

3) To mix with people is to meet and talk with them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#m3)

4) «Mix up» means to confuse two things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

combining amounts into one group or one liquid: mixing paints, flour, juices or nuts; also a mix as a set of things; in science a mixture can often be separated again (sand and salt); in art mixing colours makes new ones; phrases «mix up», «mixed up», «trail mix», «mix and match»

### examples

- She mixes 2 cups of flour with 1 cup of sugar. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x1)
- He mixed red paint and blue paint and got purple. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x2)
- The trail mix has 50 grams of nuts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x3)
- Mix 3 liters of juice with 2 liters of water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x4)
- Oil and water do not mix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x5)
- Stir the cake mix with two eggs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x6)
- I always mix up the twins' names. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x7)
- The class is a mix of boys and girls. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x8)
- He went home and made an ointment by mixing some sauce and red pepper together. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/#x9)

### note

Usually means put together, so add the parts for the total amount. Sometimes a ratio (2 cups of flour for every 1 of sugar). Trap: adding only works when the units are the same. «Mixes» is the plural noun and the he/she verb form.

### In the corpora

- [Mixing two families takes time, and it is normal to find it hard at first.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/16-new-partners-and-step-families/7/)
- [A person with dementia may mix up names or think it is years ago; correcting them sharply can upset them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/15/)
- [Bots learned from British and American English and may mix spellings like "colour" and "color".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/9/)
- [Bots can mix up two people with similar names.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/8-asking-well-and-knowing-when-to-stop/13/)
- [Feelings after a performance can be big and mixed, and feeling bad does not prove you sang badly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/8-singing-choirs-and-talent-shows/15/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mix» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mix/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.